Archives for
October 2006

Facebook will have to pay a "break up" fee to Microsoft if it sells to another company, according to an article that will appear in Tuesday's NYPost. The clause was part of the Microsoft-Facebook ad deal struck back in August, following a similar dea...

Fox expanded its Fox on Demand service today, offering streaming versions of Fox shows through MySpace and the websites of local Fox TV stations. The shows are ad-supported and you'll need to download the Fox Full Throttle Player to view them - this ...

Google just announced that Google Gadgets, which were previously for use on the Google Personalized Homepage and Google Desktop, can now be embedded on your own webpage. The new "Universal Gadgets" include Google Maps, Google Calendar, a date widget,...

OrganizedWisdom, which launches officially today, is a new social network for health information. The site was co-founded by Steven Krein, who took his Internet marketing firm Promotions.com to an IPO in 1999, followed by a sale to iVillage. The site...

The only way for avatar-based services to survive is to gain distribution with as many social platforms as possible. As a result, your WeeMee is now available on AIM, and Sitepal are trying to push their talking characters for use on MySpace and blog...

FilmLoop, the downloadable application that makes slideshows to share on your desktop, blogs, MySpace and eBay, is set to launch a 2.0 version later this month. The new stuff is very impressive, but you may have to wait until launch day to try it out...

TheHub, WalMart's ill-fated attempt at building a social network for kool kidz who just happen to like shopping at Walmart, has gone offline. The site, which was up for 10 weeks, tried to keep content wholesome, and featured profiles and videos from ...

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